Mideast countries don’t want to choose between US, China

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The warm welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia in December was interpreted by many as a sign of Chinese resurgence in the Middle East and a growing crisis in US-Saudi relations. China has become increasingly active in the Middle East both economically and politically over the past decade. Its approach to the region […]Continue Reading

Japan, South Korea foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

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TOKYO: Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday (Feb 18) and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a “healthy relationship”. Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the two foreign ministers agreed to “closeContinue Reading

North Korea ICBM launch part of a ‘surprise drill’: KCNA

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SEOUL: North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, its first in seven weeks, was of a Hwasong-15 launched as part of a surprise drill, state media KCNA reported Sunday (Feb 19). The Saturday afternoon launch quickly received condemnation from South Korea, the United States and Japan – which said itContinue Reading